How to fix error I want to run C# in VS code but it give me error

Question

'dotnet' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
. .NET Core debugging will not be enabled. Make sure the .NET Core SDK is installed and is on the path.

2025-01-29 08:52:17.031 [info] Did not find .NET 8.0.10 on path, falling back to acquire runtime via ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime

Answer 1

Hello @Tanzeela Fatima

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

If you want to build a .NET application in Visual Studio Code, you'll firstly need to install the .NET SDK.

Please check the following steps:

1.Download and install the SDK.

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/9.0

2.Add SDK's path to user or system environment variables.

Navigate to SDK location(e.g:*C:\program files\dotnet\sdk{version}*) and add it to env variables to be recognized by cmd.

3.Open a terminal and run the following command to see which versions of the .NET SDK are currently installed.

dotnet --list-sdks

Docs Referred:

Build a NET application in Visual Studio Code

How to check that .NET is already installed

Please feel free to let us know the results.

Best Regards,

Dou

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